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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HERBERT WILLARD MONEAL, OB FERNDALE,OALIFORNIA.

HAND-WEEDER.

SPECIFICA'I'ION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 369119, dated August30. 1887.

Applieat-ion filed J 11110 17, 1887. Serial No 241,655. (N0 model.)

T0 aZZ whom it mag concem:

Be it known thab I, HERBERT WILLARD MCNEAL, a oibizen of be UnitedStabes, residing ab Ferndale, in be county of Humboldt and. State ofOalifornia, bave invented a new and useful Improvemenb in Hand-Weeders,of which the following is a specification.

My inventaion relates .to an improvement in band weeding implements';and ib consists in tbe peouliar eonstructsion and combination ofdevices, that; will be more fullyset fortb hereinafter, and particularlypointed oub in be claims.

In tbe drawings, Figure 1 1's a perspeetive view 0f a weeding implementexnbodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a fronb elevalaion of tbe same.Fig. 3 is a perspeetive view, parbly in section, of a modified forrnofmy inven tion.

My weeding implemenb is preferalol y forrned of a single bar 0f steelorotber suitable metal, wbieh is firsb bent ab be center to form a pairof parallel arms, B C, the latter of wbicb is arranged direotly belowthe former. Ab one end ofthe arm O is a 'curved oflset portion, D, whicbforme a handle wbereby be implement may be readily grasped. Tbe outerends of the said arm are benb downward nearly als rigbtangles, as ab E,and are tben bent upwardly ab right angles to t-he axis 0f the arm toforn1 a horizontal ortion, F, oho outer end of whioh is bebt upward abright angles to forn1 a vertical portion, G. 'Ibe vertxical porbions Eand G and be horizontal portion -F are broadened and flattened, asshown, and

hax e their inner edges beveled t1o forrn a entbing-edge. The horizonbalportion F forms a eutlaing-blade,and tl1e vertical portions E and G formguard-arms arranged ab tbe ends of tbe said blade.

'Ihe outer end of bhe arm Bis benl; upward sufficient foroe to canse tbeblade to work under the groi1nd and tbereby sever the stalks and rootsof tobe weeds and effectually kill tbe same. 'lhe tootb 0r blade H isemployed to kill be weeds and worktbe earth between be plants in tberows.

In Fig. 3 I illustrate a modified form of my inve'ntion, in wbicb l;hearrns B and C are forxned of separatebars oi metal and are socketed in ahandle, K, which is made of wood.

-A band weeding implemenb constructed as hereinbefore desoribed isextremely ebeap and Simple, is light, is easily manipulated, and will befound of great utility to farrners and truck-gardeners.

Having bbus described my invention, I claim- 4 l. A band weedingimplement having tbe arms 13 and O, one of wbicb is arranged above beother, the outer ende of tbe said arme being bent in oppositedirecbions, the outer end of tbe arm B being fashioned into be blade ortootb H, and the outer end ofthe arm Cbeing fasbioned into thelaterally-extending horizontal blade F,having the vertioal guard-arms Eand G ab its ends, substantially as described.

2. A band weeding implement made of a single bar of metal bent to forxnparallel arme B O, tbe former baving its outer end upturned t o form beblade H, and be latter baving its outer end bent to form tbe horizontallaterally-exbending cuttingblade F, having the .vertical arms ab itsexids, substantially as described.

3. A band weeding implemenl: having the parallel arms B C, tbe formerbaving its outer end turned upward to provide the blade H, and tbelatter having its ouer end benl; to forn1 t-he horizontal laterallyextending entting-blade F, subslantially U-shaped in form, forn1ing theguard-armsE Gat tbe ends of tbe blade, as set forth.

In testimony tbat I olain1 the foregoing as my own I have her& izoaffixed my signature in presence of bwo witnesses.

HERBERT WILLARD MCNEAI1 Witnesses:

E. O. CUMMINGS, 'D. M. BRYANT.

